Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

The report provides information to support scrutiny committees in the oversight of the work of the Safer Stockport Partnership.  The report will be accompanied by a presentation which will outline key performance trends, the proposed SSP priorities for 2016/17 and recently agreed changes to governance arrangements for the Partnership.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to:-

(1) Consider the proposed themes for the 2016/17 SSP Plan set out in Section 3 of the report.

(2) Note the proposed governance arrangements for the SSP set out in section 4 of the report.

(3) Comment on key data trends and information within the presentation.

 Officer contact: Steve Skelton on 0161 474 3174, or email: steve.skelton@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated providing information to support the Scrutiny Committee in providing oversight of the Safer Stockport Partnership. A presentation was also made outlining key performance trends, the proposed Safer Stockport Priorities for 2016/2017 and the recently agreed changes to the governance arrangements for the partnership.

The Scrutiny Committee received a presentation from Steve Skelton, Head of Policy, Performance and Reform and Superintendent Jo Rogerson outlining key performance trends in 2015/16 and priorities for 2016/17.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         How the general increase in the amount of hate crime as a result of the outcome of the EU Referendum was determined.

·         Concern was expressed regarding the figures reported for protecting vulnerable children, particular those relating to children who were reported as missing from children’s homes. A Member requested that the figures were broken down by each children’s home.

·         Concern was expressed regarding the number of offenders who re-offended and the Scrutiny Committee was advised that this information would be provided on an area committee basis in future.

·         More innovative schemes needed to be examined, for example the deployment of more Police Community Support Officers to ‘hot spots’ on a rota basis.

RESOLVED – (1) That the representatives of the Deputy Chief Executive and Greater Manchester Police be thanked for their report and presentation.

(2) That the proposed governance arrangements for the Safer Stockport Partnership, as set out in Section 4 of the report, be noted.